New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-22
HOW CHARLES READE WORKED.
HE NEVER GUESSED WHERE HE COULD
KNOW.
Rom The ST. Jamess Gazette.


HE NEVER GUESSED WHERE HE COULD
KNOW.
n oa The ST. yamess Gazette.
Tn the inst published "Mcmoirs of Charles Reade"
and IL set (under date OF the 10th OF June i9J
sas' sis s s so W see cost
trouble proroso never to guess where can and nss
m ua n h naH D NJ Reaie in drawing the two
snamed sources Of fact may be aIi9w cs this hi re-
mari abo writer adhered during long series Oh years
to tho rules and regulations thus aie down 1ss, when
h, m SssA %sSs ssd Ts NJ
n cnco so mn.ras fo this book Just
then preparing series OF onslaughts upon ch hn had
a ahs ad accn@nateS vast Of war material
But no hungcrcd and thrsfed o iUr anS Widely IN the
maditeraurc region of tho British Museum library
results my researches not are d s'ar'ea
with which used to through every sera6 o of
fetched him now how S S Gs Sa eyes ns spae
whenever anything turned mp which commeh"u ~
scli to his judgment as really good.
One dav Mr. Rcado wanted TO consult a living doom,
AMI asked to advertise for man VINO ha Two or
thrcn says later on was hurrying down Plccadiliy
toward Boon-row accompanied by the moSs b prom en-
heeFes having first recalled with lunch was put
tho rack How NO n sr Summers uas day how
, wa rroved him with all manner of nsidous and
out-of-the-way questions anent handouts ana reg
ing rlnnre-bathing and paddcd-roomng, # would
reoulrc tho pen of Charles Reade himself Adequately
0 to sscnn found GU myself n Conveying the
to the hadoor-he CARRYING in his h and nj YEARLY
gold honoraIium who with the otner manu- no "o"i"'
mopped at his forehead
ud 1nr1s ny Ss hearty senaI Clever Scotch ply
scian DR.. Dickson, tho original OF the redquoteu Dr
eamrson in the novel of "Hard Cash" lie was on
very intimate terms with his immortazer, and his
corious notes on lnnatc asylums formed Mt Reauo ,
- fnnE1 in
Warehouses; ono day I recollect his telling Reade
that he would take him to madhouse and accompany any
novelist shuddered and said he would be afraid to
and heard that he av Gdc,drs nero 81
in tho novel in rs brusque humor and starting n
originality Of thought and exprsson os rrcerocd
that many years since he met the doctor Tor the mr..
droery could not help cxclaiming that he reminded
him of CDR. Sampson" After the roar OF hnen| Ha
which ensud Dr. on sGS so 70 b M KeS you
have carfcatured mel"
in volume form in 1873 having previously appearea
BY instruments in London Society The heroine OF me-
lungs owing to the constant compression Of rort@9ai
OF her person by certain "dlaoohea engine va
sion was rosOred to- Tight t., stays 1,r M9
cried "hy am Without nS any T
shO drew herself in and p9ked her little fist between
me S''a a. al" tho n sMe%or admit to the suggestive
brain OF Mrs Seymour. She chad already, and was
plant destined in the course of few years to shorten
her life, and inclined to attribute 1t TO the evll
creature In tho novel. having been for the time re-
stored to health, malries an interesting and estl-
pra ctlcs arc powerfully and pathetcally drawn. The
Striking account of how he got his first patients was
In south london She kindly copied out for from
her fathers notebook some of the identical entries
madO by that gentleman during his first years strug
ges as medical practitioner
In tho summer of 1877 went to certain we'll
known health restoring seaside watering place. After
while ! ran up TO London for few DAYS ana,
in the Sc sea and on the land Mr. Reade was then
far from we'll and 1t was decided that the giitcd
spend much a" Of my time in his Company to walk
ride about with him, and so forth; While he was
diet Re usually 6Fsahfas a at At
tho evenings we generally drove out along the cliffs
or little way into the country Mi b Reades shr svUr
and novels; and we usually returned to his Lodgings
provided with large PAPER OF the one ana saii
Roadc knew the value Of such talk as does not In
volyo much thinking. "Chatted meat was favorite
Tho Of s f threw the
ply Of romance Not rarely however when Ta
bang would 90 book the table, and was startled
by an exceeding bitter cry OF INDIGNATION ana d n
the breakdown Of a promising plot Nothing In nc
ton nuraed this Sal s so T t1S o s
in consequence of good opportunities by brother
Actlonist-
While Mr. Roade was at the seaside one Of his
best nOvels-"A Wom n Hater'-was published In
volume FORM It's contents having appeared during the
preceding twelve months In Blackwoods MAGAZINE
of the admission of woman t. medical degrees. Let
y that IL Ri @a bsa nor on Si the sb
1ects treated Of was the means OF bringing ao4 4b
leading female medical practitioners Of tho time
ought to add the novelist leeply impressed
os these the fair doctresses One beautiful feminine dis
clple of Galen-who Il rightly recOllect pnrp0sed
trail Affca-had the susceptible novelist averred
the very finest black eyes he had ever seen. Mr..
little a considerable number Of female readers. In
1didcn to this he lelt very much disappointed with the
medical profession combined send their champion
a message of grateful acknowledgment, their English
their ndcbted1e;s to his jealous pen: -. 49,. so-.,
Nh Rssao had very sh O ss
woman as the medical and unmuscal sex" He
excellence Of the book lay in the Vigorous march
of the narrative and the close delneatiOn of all the
%s SIa Hs Fl %a s bocf Of
the year and one Of the books Of the century"
know little or nothing of the pecuniary results
Of Mr.. Reades novels Certainly none OF them
produced anything Ike much money the drama
"Drink"; an adaptation by him 90 the English stage
Of much chastened version Of NJ Zoa's revolving
"I;AssommOlr." In point Of construction this drama
was by no means tho most favorable specimen Of the
novelss powers of dramatic adaptation 1t cost him
but few weeks labor IN Paris In the spring OF
1870, when the original play was being performed
at tho Ambgu But 1t took tho London public by
storm Playgoers and folks who were not playgoers
nightly crowded the Princess Theatre TO suocation
In order TO witness its fascinating but most ugubrious
scenes. In tho provinces tho play extremely
successful. / havo 1t excellent authority that,
within twelve months OF its first appearance In Eng
land "Drink" enriched the exchequeT OF Its adapter
by something like 100000.
Mr.. Reade's novels show marvellous knowledge
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the potent springs Of action and passion. in woman
kind During long intercourse with him i often
fioned In launching hia Mnmen,a